Vacation to Makassar...South SulawesiAs there is a common public holiday on Friday, 3 June 2011...and Papi still have 1 day entitled annual leave, then Arham invite Papi, Ibuk & adik to have a vacation to Makassar. Arham want to see Trans studio for the 1st time...which previuosly got a story from friends here that the playing grounds are really spectaculer. Also this will be 1st time for Arham to go fior vacation at Sulawesi island...which normally should be different if we went back to Java or went to Bali for vacation.
=Mumpung ada harpitnas tanggal Jumat 3 Juni 2011, dan selagi Papi masih ada sisa jatah cuti 1 hari...maka Arham mengajak Papi, Ibuk & adik Alyssa liburan ke Makassar. Niatnya sih pingin lihat Trans studio yang katanya permainannya heboh dari cerita teman-teman tetangga Arham. Ini juga pertama kalinya, Arham menjajaki liburan di pulau Sulawesi yang tentu kesannya akan berbeda kalau mudik atau liburan ke Jawa maupun Bali.
At this time..Garuda Indonesia also gived a promo regarding their opening a direct flight route from Balikpapan - Ujung pandang,.that's why Papi bought ticket soon after heared that info. As predicted..for Thusday 2 June 2011 already full booked...it's no problem then we booked for next trip on Friday 3 June. Also for hotel...initially we planned to book at Horison hotel..unfortunately it was already fully booked also..so we choosed the avalaible hotel at Clarion..We got a deal rate Rp 650 ribu/night for deluxe class.
=Bertepatan dengan pembukaan jalur penerbangan baru Garuda Indonesia route Balikpapan-Ujung Pandang, maka momen ini tidak disia-siakan lagi Papi untuk segera pesen tiket. Sudah diduga hari Kamis tgl 2 Juni, mesti sudah habis diborong orang....bener ternyata kita hanya kebagian untuk terbang hari Jumat 3 Juni. Demikian pula untuk hotel pilihan ternyata sudah habis dipesan orang, rencana mau booking untuk hotel Horizon yang katanya dekat pantai...yang masih avalaible yaitu hotel Clarion. Deal...langsung pesan aza..per night Rp650 ribu untuk kamar Deluxe.
Friday, 3 June 2011 at 12.40, Papi, Ibuk, Arham, Adik Allysa & mbak Anna flight with Garuda to Makassar. Arround 14.10 then we arrived at Hasanuddin airport, Makassar..and we already picked up by driver "pak Ahmad" from Padaidi rental. We went to hotel through tol road then after we got a traffic jam at Jl P. Petarani....time duration for this trip 25-30 menits. Finally we feel relaxed after arrived at Clarion hotel...this is typical new hotel with new atmosphere off course..So we just directly doing check in then take a rest...after doing jalan-jalan sore at 5.00 pm.
=Hari H, Jumat siang 3 juni 2011 pukul 12.4o, Papi, Ibuk, Arham, adik Alyssa & mbak Anna terbang ke Makassar. Sekitar pukul 14.10 sudah mendarat di bandara Hasanuddin, Makassar dan kita sudah dijemput pak Ahmad driver dari rental Padaidi. Perjalanan ke hotel Clarion ditempuh melalui jalan tol lanjut dengan jalur normal dan langsung disambut macet di Jl P. Petarani, total waktu perjalanan 25-30 menit. Lega juga nyampe di hotel Clarion..tipe dan suasana hotel baru...Arham sangat suka. Check in dapat di lantai 12...diikuti acara bersih-bersih trus rebahan en start jalan-jalan lagi jam 5 sore.
Day-1 (Friday): Losari beach,..kuliner at Konro Karebosi
At evening session which was so clear,,.we went to pantai Losari area. Off course in this spot area already crowded...there are many people especially ABG which want to see the sun set. Arham & adik Allysa...didn't miss this event..to take some photo.
=pas timingnya sore hari yang cerah, pak Ahmad langsung mengarahkan kita menuju kawasan pantai Losari. Benar saja sore itu, spot area pantai Losari sudah dipenuhi orang terutama ABG dan anak muda yang menanti pemandangan sun set (mentari tenggelam). Kesempatan buat Arham mejeng....tak lupa adik Alyssa juga.
Exactly when we heared athan Magrib...the sun set view was dissapeared. Some people were start leaving the area, then we left also the Losari beach at that time. Next destination was doing sholat magrib..then kuliner for dinner time. Pak Ahmad offered as to try menu Konro "Karebosi" which already well known here. Then we went there..Papi tried konro bakar, Ibuk & Arham tried konro rebus. This resto is relatively small, but it seems already well known since there were non stop customers came. We just finished the dinner, then people already came to fill our table. It was relatively cheap: 2 konro bakar, 3 sup konro with 4 big beef iga + drinks only spent Rp 178ribu. At 8 pm, we went to one shopping center there named as "Karebosi mall" which was located below "Karebosi yard".=Bertepatan dengan kumandang azan Magrib...kilau sinar mentaripun mulai sirna dari pandangan. Seiring dengan beberapa orang beranjak meninggalkan arena, kitapun pergi meninggalkan spot foto area Pantai Losari. Tujuan berikutnya tempat solat magrib, lanjut acara kuliner malam...sama pak Ahmad ditawari menu Konro "Karebosi" yang katanya merupakan menu spesial di salah satu kota ini. Kitapun menuju kesana, Papi pesan konro bakar, Ibuk & Arham konro rebus/kuah. Kelihatannya seperti resto biasa, tapi emang kliatannya sudah spesial dikalangan pelanggan, terbukti orang yang datang tiada henti. Baru selesai makan aja..meja sudah siap diisi tamu berikutnya. Lumayan murah juga hitungannya untuk 2 konro bakar, 3 konro kuah dengan masing-masing berisi 4 iga sapi besar-besar plus aneka minuman habisnya cuma Rp187ribu. Waktu sudah hampir jam 8 malam, sisa waktu yang ada dimanfaatkan untuk mampir arena shopping center mall Karebosi yang berada dibawah lapangan "Karebosi".
Day-2 (Saturday): Trans studio,..benteng Ford Rotterdam,..Samba Opu
To optimize 8 hours of car rental, we departed from Clarion hotel at 10 am after took breakfast toward mall+Trans studio. Arrived at Trans studio at 10.40, we bought entrance tickets for 5 persons. Weeh..it soo expensive yaw...normal entrance ticket Rp 110ribu/person while VIP ticket Rp 150ribu (we can play in every wahana studio). So..Papi just paid a normal ticket for us. The decision was right since Arham mostly played some wahana only instead of all: bianglala Trans TV, jeep safari track, komedi round trip while Papi played "perahu ayun".=Dengan mengoptimalkan waktu sewa mobil 8 jam sehari, kita berangkat dari hotel Clarion jam 10 setelah menyantap sarapan pagi yang mantap menuju mall+Trans studio. Sampai di Trans studio hampir jam 10.40, langsung pesen tiket masuk..untuk berlima. Weeeh ternyata mahal juga...untuk tiket masuk biasa Rp 110 ribu/orang sementara VIP (bisa main segela wahana) Rp 150 ribu. Ya sudah daripada Papi tekor...mendingan pesen tiket biasa aja, bener juga Arham hanya berani naik beberapa wahana saja...diantaranya bianglala TransTV, jeep safari track..komedi putar...Papi naik perahu ayun.
We spent couple hours in this location...until we felt soo tired. Even at 15.00, Smash boyband will do live show here...since Arham not a real fan so..we just left the studio to visit another location. Next destination was benteng Fort Rotterdam..one of Deuth VOC colonial building...the atmosphere & condition was relatively same with Museum Fatahillah Jakarta. Entrance ticket in this location only Rp 2000/person...plus some donation depend on us.
=Lumayan menghabiskan waktu lama di lokasi ini,..tak terasa kaki udah gempor. Sudah jam 15.00 eh katanya si Smash mo tampil pula jam 16.00, berhubung Arham ndak nge-fans ya...kita putuskan pergi ke tujuan berikutnya aja. Tujuan berikutnya adalah benteng Fort Rotterdam peninggalan kolonial Belanda VOC...suasananya sih mirip Museum Fatahilah Jakarta. Tarif masuk moseum tergolong murah Rp.2000/orang plus sumbangan sukarela di daftar tamu.
Finished walking arround museum at 5 pm, then we went to buy some snacks for "oleh-oleh" at Samba Opu. Before magrib, we did a kuliner dinner at Coto Cagak resto which was already wellknown, as many birocrats person ever came here. Arham liked to eat coto...which is relatively same taste with soto daging Lamongan. One bowl of coto was combined with ketupat to be eaten. the price was relatively cheap. At 18.00 then we back to hotel
=Selesai putar-putar museum sudah hampir jam 5 sore, dilanjutkan acara belanja oleh-oleh di Samba Opu. Terakhir menjelang magrib, sekalian mampir dinner di rumah makan pinggir jalan "Coto Cagak" yang katanya spesial juga, banyak pejabat mampir kesana. Arham ternyata suka menu coto yang mirip-mirip rasanya ama soto daging Lamongan. Semangkuk coto dipadukan dengan menyantap ketupat. Lumayan murah juga kok harganya. Tepat jam 18.00 ...kita kembali ke hotel Clarion.
Day-3 (Sunday): Bantimurung Water fall, Traditional port Paotere (Phinisi ship)
As we have planned with pak Ahmad..that we will visit Bantimurung area, the location with water fall and a giant butterfly museum. The trip route was from hotel toward air port then entrance to kab. Maros area which spent more then 1 hour. In this location, there are many people came because the entrance ticket was relatively cheap Rp10ribu for adult, Rp5 ribu for children. It was soo crowded, many children and young people were playing inside the river below water fall position. Arham don't miss the event to take some photos. Finished with photo session then we went to buy some souvenirs which normally typical of any Butterfly preserved.
= Sudah janjian dengan pak Ahmad sebelumnya, untuk mengantarkan Arham ke Bantimurung yang ada lokasi air terjun dan museum kupu-kupu. Perjalanan ditempuh dari hotel ke arah bandara lanjut ke daerah kab. Maros selama 1 jam lebih. Ternyata lokasi ini, merupakan tujuan wisata rakyat yang relatif murah meriah tiket masuk Rp 10ribu dewasa, anak Rp 5ribu. Banyak anak-anak dan kaum muda yang mandi di sungai dibawah air terjun, amat sangat ramai..lumayan penuh sesak. Fenomena ini dimanfaatkan Arham buat foto-foto kondisi sekitar. Selesai berfoto, dilanjutkan dengan acara belanja cinderamata umumnya beragam kupu-kupu yang diawetkan.
Finished from Bantimurung, Papi want to take some photo at traditional port located in Paotere (there were a lot of Phinisi ship). It was really traditional port for any things except fishes which were loaded in/out from traditional ships. Because Arham already tired. so only Papi which took foto in here.
=Selesai dari lokasi Bantimurung, Papi ingin berfoto dipelabuhan rakyat daerah Paotere (jenis kapal Phinisi). Pelabuhan yang unik, bukan pelabuhan nelayan ikan tetapi pelabuhan barang untuk kapal-kapal tradisional. Berhubung Arham udah lemes, jadi Papi aja yang mejeng berfoto di area ini.
Finished with photo session in this area..then we went to eat.."kuliner coto" at Jl Petarani. The taste almost the same with other coto in here. Finished with kuliner..even there was still extra time then we decided to back to hotel to prepare for tommorrow check out at early morning. We planned to do check out at 4/30 and flight to Balikpapan with Garuda at 6.00.
= Selesai acara foto di area ini, dilanjutkan dengan kuliner coto di daerah Jl. Petarani. Rasanya sih mirip-mirip coto lainnya juga. Selesai acara kuliner, meski masih lumayan ada waktu sisa, kita putuskan untuk kembali ke hotel untuk persiapan check out esuk dini hari. Kita check out jam 4.30 pagi hari untuk terbang dengan garuda ke Balikpapan jam 6 pagi.
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from left: Arham, Marsya, Abang, Lintang, Rene, Zaki
Aunti & anak didik
